Slides that i prepared for a 20 minutes talk with the Singapore Hackware group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackware/) on 30 September 2015

1. Hackware 1.1
@kennethlimcp
30 September 2015

2. Bean clicker
https://github.com/kennethlimcp/bean-clicker

3. Bean clicker
• from Punchthrough
• readily available in my
electronics stash
• Familiar Arduino environment
• petite (20mm x 45mm)
• been thinking about it for a
long while!

4. Command sending code

5. visual feedback

6. node.js app

7. demo time

8. electron

9. Background information
• Cellular dev kit with a global
data plan
• successful funded on
Kickstarter in April 2015
• USD$3.99 for 1Mb and
2.99/Mb thereafter
• The data plan:
Cheap. And no contracts.

10. what can you do with 1MB?

11. ublox module offering

12. Particle dev-kit offering

13. delivery timeline

14. behind the scenes
betaware

15. what do we do for β?
• unboxing run-through
(documentation feedback)
• firmware testing and feedback
• random probing
- charging issue
• expect the unexpected
- SIM card suspension
• tinker and more tinkering

16. Charging issue

17. SOC monitoring setup
electron-2g
electron-3g
cloud nokia display ThingSpeak